Mas work done over the holiday week.
Mounted the radiator up front by moving the crossbar i had up some on the shock hoops. Went with a Griffin LS swap radiator. 26x5x3 w/ 1.25" tubes. Going to seee if i can fit a Volvo fan on it. Best part is that it should all fit under the hood.
Knocked out a bumper up front. Its .188 wall and will hold the fairlead for the winch and a lightbar for night wheeling.
Reused my old fuel cell and built some mounts to make it removable. Passenger side is the same. Should keep it nice and secure.There will be rubber underneath to help absorb some of the vibrations. Will also be below the bedrails from the profile view.
Then I popped the cab off to finish weld the roof bars and get a better fitment on the tubes going through the firewall. Those were tough to get tight when one side is pretty blind. As you can see i also welded in some corner cab gussets from Fishmouth Fabworks.
last two up front pices of tube tied into the shock hoops. Engine still looks like it can be removed from the top.
Doesnt look too bad naked.
Plan forward is to mockup the front two-piece driveshaft once my tubing comes in with the WOD carrier bearing mount. Then ill run the exhaust out the drivers side, then i will tear everything down for welding. I plan to still weld on the smaller stuff once thats done. Chassis will be semi-flat black rattle can for easy touch up.
last night i mocked up some door bars. I was on the fence about running them because my dad usually rides with me and I didnt want to have him crawling over them everytime he gets in or out. He has a bum knee, but safety first. I feel this is an adequate compromise and still provide rigidity to the A/B pillars.
Also added some additional down tubes to connect the A-Pillar to the front frame near the shock hoops. Only have a few more tubes to put in then the tubework is finished.
I am thinking 144 amp at idle would do the job and I would still keep my non-prius status by not having solar!
